Bug 139527

Summary:	x11-libs/libXcomposite-0.3.0 emerge fails
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Chris Bruner <cbruner>
Component:	[OLD] Core system	Assignee:	Gentoo Linux bug wranglers <bug-wranglers>
Status:	VERIFIED TEST-REQUEST
Severity:	normal
Priority:	High
Version:	2006.0
Hardware:	All
OS:	Other
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	config.log of failed ebuild

Description Chris Bruner 2006-07-07 00:56:58 UTC

From a fresh install, emerge xorg-x11

checking for XCOMPOSITE... configure: error: Package requirements (compositeproto >=0.3 x11 xfixes xest fixesproto) were not met:

Package 'compositeproto' has no Name: field

Comment 1 Chris Bruner 2006-07-07 01:01:09 UTC

Created attachment 91101 [details]
config.log of failed ebuild

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2006-07-07 02:11:55 UTC

Re-emerge compositeproto and try again...

Comment 3 Chris Bruner 2006-07-07 12:23:23 UTC

Tried emerging compositeproto, but I'm getting errors
File "/usr/lib/portage/pym/portage.py", line 4551, in aux_get
  if os.access(myfn,os.R_OK):
TypeError: access() argument 1 must be (encoded string without NULL bytes), not str


I've tried reinstalling the /usr/lib/portage directory, re-syncing, and many other things, but I can't seem to get around it. 

My system may have gotten pouched during a wireless config hardlock and I had to do a manual reset, as another system with same version of portage seems to work just fine.

Any clues would be appreciated.